Lotto, Lorenzo (1480-1557) Allegoria della Virtù e del Vizio (Allegory of Virtue and Vice) 1505 Oil on panel, 56.5 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Set on a strip of land under a cloud-filled sky and in front of…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Spalliera o “cielo di letto” con storie degli amori di Giove e grottesche (Backrest or “bed sky” with stories of Jupiter’s loves and grotesques) 1572 Oil on panel Museo del Bargello, Firenze
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Madonna col Bambino (Madonna and Child) c.1505–1507 Oil and gold on wood, 51.4 x 47.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The artist gave this painting to his daughter as a gift in 1507, possibly to celebrate the…
Signorelli, Luca (c.1445-1523) Assunzione della Vergine con i Santi Michele e Benedetto (The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict) c.1493–1496 Oil and gold on wood, 170.8 x 131.4 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This altarpiece combines…